Life in the Soviet Union

Georgi Vins was born in the Russian Far East to Peter Vins, an American citizen of Russian origin who had traveled to Siberia just two years before as a missionary and Lydia (Zharikova) Vins. Peter was arrested in 1930, freed three years later but re-arrested in 1935 and executed in 1936. The family was only later informed of his death. Peter Vins was the son of Mennonite Brethren leader Jacob J. Wiens born in Borden, Saskatchewan. See also: "Jacob J. Wiens was born in Russia", "Винс Яков Яковлевич родился в России в семье обрусевших выходцев из Голландии. Член Церкви евангельских христиан-баптистов.".

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Vins (cartoonist)

Vijay Narain Seth (10 March 1944 - 26 June 2014), pen name Vins, was an Indian cartoonist and illustrator.

Career

Vins graduated from the J. J. School of Fine Arts, Mumbai, in 1968. While still a student, he went across to the Times of Indiafrom J.J.school of art all most next door to meet & watch cartoonist Mario Miranda (whom he considered a mentor) at work. He also started freelancing as a cartoonist for Caravan and Himmat magazines while a student.

He was a political cartoonist for the news magazine Himmat weekly from 1965 to 1981, contributing a pocket cartoon Chalta Hai once a week and from 1969 added two other cartoons with national and international comment. Later he started to freelance, doing cartoons on other themes such as science, computers, business, and social issues. He was the first Indian contributing cartoonist for the Indian Edition of Reader's Digest in 1976 when Rahul Singh was its chief editor. Subsequently, he was a freelance cartoonist for the business magazines Business India and Business World and the Indian Express group's business publications. He also contributed to publications such as Science Today <Times of India>publication (1971~1984) and the Swiss satirical weekly NEBELSPALTER.